Saturday, August 25, 2018
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEONARD BERNSTEIN!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
LEONARD BERNSTEIN!
BORN 100 YEARS AGO TODAY
AUGUST 25, 2018
Leonard Bernstein was a path-breaking conductor, composer, pianist, recording artist, and public spokesman for great music.
There have been countless celebrations of his birthday this year. Here's one notable discussion of Bernstein's "Serenade for Violin and Orchestra (after Plato's Symposium)", by Sharon Roffman, who performed this remarkable piece with Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony earlier this year.
SHARON ROFFMAN DISCUSSES BERNSTEIN'S
"Serenade for Violin and Orchestra (after Plato's Symposium)"
More links:
TWO CELEBRATIONS OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2018/02/two-celebrations-of-leonard-bernstein.html
LEONARD BERNSTEIN ON WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein
Labels: classical music, composer, conductor, Leonard Bernstein, Michael Stern, pianist, Serenade for Violin and Orchestra (after Plato's Symposium), Sharon Roffman
Friday, February 02, 2018
TWO CELEBRATIONS OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN - AT 100.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's birth. The music he wrote and conducted, and the musical legacy of his programs for young people, and his many other contributions to the development of the American music scene continue to reverberate.
This year there will be many celebrations of his work:
Sharon Roffman
Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony
THE BERNSTEIN SERENADE, After Plato's Symposium
UPDATE - RAVE REVIEW
https://kcmetropolis.org/article/a-century-of-bernstein-begins/
UPDATE - RAVE REVIEW
https://kcmetropolis.org/article/a-century-of-bernstein-begins/
link:
KANSAS CITY ORCHESTRA Celebration of Leonard Bernstein
http://tickets.kcsymphony.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=11598
Sharon has created a website to illuminate the piece:
link:
THE BERNSTEIN SERENADE, After Plato's Symposium
http://sharonroffman.com/bernsteinserenade/
http://sharonroffman.com
The Thurnauer School of Music
BERNSTEIN CELEBRATION
The GIFT OF MUSIC - 2018
The Thurnauer School of Music, at the Kaplen JCC On The Palisades, is devoting their annual charity event for music scholarships, The Gift of Music Gala, to a celebration of Bernstein's music, with performances by their noted children's choir and singer Naomi Louisa O'Connell. It will be a family event, on Sunday Feb 11.
link:
GIFT OF MUSIC - 2018
https://www.wizevents.com/register/landing.php?id=5676
http://www.jccotp.org/thurnauer
link:
LEONARD BERNSTEIN ON WIkIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein
Labels: Bernstein's Serenade, Kansas City Symphony, Leonard Bernstein, Michael Stern, Plato, Plato;s Symposium, Sharon Roffman, Thurnauer School of Music
Saturday, January 24, 2015
PRINZ PROJECT
In Memphis, they are honoring Rabbi Joachim Prinz who, first, helped Jews escape from Nazi Germany before WW II then, after he emigrated to the United States, became an important associate of Dr. Martin Luther King.
A number of co-incident factors helped create this event, which includes the World Premiere of a Violin Concerto by Bruce Adolphe, dedicated to Rabbi Prinz, and performed by the IRIS Orchestra under Michael Stern, written for and performed by violin soloist Sharon Roffman.
Rabbi Joachim Prinz with Dr Martin Luther King
Sharon Roffman
Sharon Roffman, in addition to performing with orchestras and chamber music groups around the world, has been creating curricula and presentations for students, relating their classroom work to music and musical ideas, and bringing the world's finest young musicians to classrooms to perform with the students, who are encouraged and coached to contribute to a joint performance. Her visits to schools integrate the work of the class, whether it be science, math, or historical studies such as the holocaust, with the musical presentation. 'Though not part of the Prinz Project, Sharon has created a foundation, ClassNotes, to bring music and music education into concert halls, and public and private school classrooms around the country and internationally.
Note: My personal connection includes the fact that, as a further coincidence having nothing to do with this event, Rabbi Prinz assisted my wife's parents in escaping from Europe and at their request, along with Rabbi Eugene Sack (my uncle), officiated at our wedding.
Here is Sharon's description of this event, along with an article that appeared in the Memphis newspaper and links to the musicians:
SHARON'S "PRINZ PROJECT" WEBSITES
FROM SHARON'S "NEWS"
http://sharonroffman.com/news/
ARTICLE IN MEMPHIS PAPER
THE IRIS ORCHESTRA
MICHAEL STERN
BRUCE ADOLPHE
Labels: Bruce Adolphe, Joachim Prinz, Memphis, Michael Stern, Sharon Roffman, The Prinz Project. IRIS Orchestra
